For the malicious elbow time that occurred at the Bulls' home court yesterday, the league's response speed was surprisingly fast, and the next day, the ticket had been issued, Zhaoqiang was banned for seven games for malicious elbowing of the Bulls player, and was fined $2W, and was fined $1W for improper speech in the post-game press conference, to which Zhaoqiang's response was-

Lao Tzu can not play, but he has no money.

Tonight the Hornets played against the Salamento Kings, and the play of the team's outside Chris Paul and the Kings' All-Star outside Terrick Evans was crucial, but it was the inside that decided the outcome of the game, Bai Xiaofei against the rising star selected by the Kings with the fifth pick in the first round of the draft this year, DeMarcus Cousins.

But this match does not belong to Zhaoqiang, and tonight is the first game of his ban.

Zhao Qiang is bored practicing shooting on the court alone, Zhao Qiang is a very special player, he is keen on defense, likes to block the opponent's star players, but his participation on the offensive end is not high, he rarely makes long-distance shots and three-point shots, and occasionally breaks through, but in view of his super long arms, the effect of the breakthrough is not good, speaking of which, barely the most threatening scoring point is to push his back to the inside.

The empty arena was only the sound of the basketball in Zhaoqiang's hand slapping against the floor, which was really lonely and boring compared to the tsunami-like shouts that came from the game opposite.

Zhaoqiang held the ball in both hands and threw the ball towards the basket, and just as the basketball was flying in the air, suddenly Zhaoqiang's ears heard an even and powerful sound of slapping the ball!

Zhaoqiang stood outside the three-point line, looking at the gate of the court, "Wow! ”

The door opened, and a black man about two meters tall, with a thin head and a bare head, wearing a wide short-sleeved training suit, walked towards Zhaoqiang while shooting a ball.

The black man approached, and Zhao Qiang looked at that face a little familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was for a while. After a few seconds, when Zhaoqiang saw the black man's standard eight-figure eyebrows, Zhaoqiang slapped his thigh and shouted, "Third Uncle Bao!" ”

This third uncle is not the third uncle, as mentioned above, Uncle Bao's big name is Bruce Bowen, and the other two oldest people in the league, Kendibe Mutombo (Uncle Mu), Zhu Wan Howard (Uncle Huo) and the second elder are called the third uncle of the alliance, among which Uncle Bao is a model of the small people in the league who counterattack and fight the world, relying on desperate defense and inhumane feet to break out of the world in the league, Uncle Bao has been in the league for 12 years, and many awesome stars are sincerely afraid of sweat in front of the third uncle. The ball is not stable, let alone playing an excellent game, the third uncle has sealed the sword in 2008, and since then he no longer asks about the affairs of the rivers and lakes, many stars heard it, and they all sent congratulatory messages to wish the world peace.

"Dang!"

Zhao Qiang threw a basketball and smashed it on the front eaves of the basket and bounced out.

"Boy, are you Zhaoqiang?"

Bowen's voice was still hoarse, as if something was stuffed in his throat, but his eyes were still sharp.

Zhaoqiang looked at Bowen and nodded.

Bowen smiled, revealing a mouthful of big white teeth, whose finish was not inferior to Monty Williams.

Bowen took the ball, walked to the three-point line, held the ball above his head, and the shooting action was very standard, Bowen said, "Boy, take a good look at how this shot went in!" ”

Bowen bent his knees slightly, jumped slightly, and the power was transmitted from his legs to his waist, then to his shoulders, arms, wrists and fingers, and finally he relied on the power of his fingertips to pull the ball out! The basketball draws a beautiful arc in the air! Whether it's the arc of the shot, or the direction and strength of the basketball rotation, it's just right!

"Dang!"

The basketball is also knocked on the eaves of the basket!

"Ahem...... Bowen lowered his head, covered his mouth with his hands, coughed dryly, looked at Zhaoqiang, and said in a hoarse voice, "...... Well...... Ahem...... Take a good look, that's what you just voted for! ”

Zhaoqiang and Bowen both burst out laughing.

"To be honest, you really have the style I had back then!"

Bowen said, "Boy, if I were younger, ten or twenty years old, I would definitely be able to start a business!" ”

Counting up, Bowen, who was born in 1971, is almost forty years old this year.

"You're here......"

Zhaoqiang asked.

"Entrusted by the old man to train you, you have been banned for seven games, which is about two weeks, and I will teach you how to defend in these two weeks."

"Teach me to defend?"

"Yes."

"Then let's get started, why so much nonsense!"

Bowen laughed again, "This temper is really like me back then." ”

"You were as handsome as me back then?"

"Ahem," Bowen coughed dryly, then said, "Let's start now!" ”

Bowen took a basketball, gestured with his hand, and said, "You should know that offense wins the ticket, defense wins the championship." ”

Zhao Qiang nodded slightly.

"So, I want to ask you a question, why are you so keen on defense? You know, on the offensive end, it's the most showy place! ”

"Because I want to be the strongest!"

Zhao Qiang said with a firm gaze, "Be the strongest person in this alliance, and the others, no matter who they are, I will make them feel powerless under my defense, and then be blocked by me!" ”

"The strongest!" This answer surprised Bowen, and then said, "Boy, you have to understand that in this league, there is only one strongest person in history, that is the basketball god Michael Jordan, after Jordan retired, Kobe, James, Carter, and Iverson were all the strongest people in the league, and the common thing is that they all have unparalleled powerful offensive capabilities!" But the sum of these few of them has more than twenty MVPs of various kinds! But Jordan is the only one who has won the best defensive player once, and wanting to become the strongest person in the league by defense is tantamount to a fool's dream! ”

"Jordan is the strongest?" Zhao Qiang's mouth muttered, "Jordan is the strongest person in the league, so what is the person who defends Jordan and blocks Jordan in the game, is he called, is he worthy of the name of the strongest person!" ”

In a word, Bowen who asked has nothing to say!

Bowen picked up the ball and looked at Zhaoqiang, he seemed to see a strange fire burning in Zhaoqiang's eyes, and his definition of the word "strongest" made Bowen look at him differently!

"Let's not talk about that, let's get started,"

Bowen continued, "There are two kinds of defense, one is physical defense, the other is mental defense, physical defense is very simple and easy to understand, is to disrupt the opponent's shooting rhythm, block the opponent's shot, etc., mental defense refers to making your opponent really fear you from the heart, and not have confidence in your defense, which will make him play a very inefficient game. ”

Zhao Qiang nodded slightly.

"The so-called good defense does not mean that you block the opponent's shot and call it good defense, the really good defense is to disrupt your opponent's rhythm of the game and make him fall into a slump throughout the game, rhythm is very important, you have to let your opponent into your defensive rhythm, not you into your opponent's offensive rhythm...... Now you hold the ball, I defend, I'll explain it to you! ”

Bowen passed the ball to Zhaoqiang, Zhaoqiang gently slapped the basketball outside the three-point line, Bowen suddenly quietly looked at Zhaoqiang's dribble, watched for three or four seconds, and suddenly stepped forward on his left shoulder, Zhaoqiang was shocked, and hurriedly dribbled the ball to the right side, who knew that this was Bowen's feint! Bowen quickly pulled back the left shoulder of his predecessor, reached out with his right hand, and cut off the basketball in Zhaoqiang's hand!

"Is that okay?"

"What's not to do?"

"Defensive feints too?"

"Why can't there be!"

Bowen's two rhetorical questions made Zhaoqiang speechless.

Bowen put the ball in his arms, and then said to Zhaoqiang, "You have two problems, first, your dribbling is too high, it is very easy to be broken, and second, your dribbling skills are not proficient, resulting in insufficient adaptability to defense, below, I will dribble, you will defend, pay attention, I will break through!" ”

Zhao Qiang nodded.

Bowen dribbled outside the three-point line, to be honest, Bowen at his peak was not good at breakthroughs, and his dribbling skills were also very average, Zhaoqiang's eyes were firmly fixed on the basketball in Bowen's hand, and when Bowen changed hands to dribble, Zhaoqiang suddenly stepped forward to grab the ball!

Just as Zhaoqiang grabbed the ball, Bowen suddenly lowered his body, lowered the dribble, completely shook Zhaoqiang, rushed into the basket, and scored an easy layup.

Zhaoqiang was a little dumbfounded.

"It's not blind when you defend, you have to find the opponent's loopholes and you will have a high success rate in grabbing the ball," Bowen passed the ball to Zhaoqiang again, saying, "Again, you have to let your opponent get into your defensive rhythm, and let your opponent bring you into his offensive rhythm." ”

Bowen caught the ball in his left rib, then walked over to the three-point line and said, "Come on, boy, now I'm going to shoot!" Block my shots! ”

Zhaoqiang walked up and reached out to cover all of Bowen's shooting routes!

"This kid has really long arms! It seems to be a natural defensive material! ”

Bowen exclaimed in his heart.

Bowen held the ball high above the country's head, and Zhaoqiang's two big long arms waved like big spiders!

Bowen stands and makes a shooting feint! Zhaoqiang didn't jump, Bowen bent his knees slightly, and made a feint again, Zhaoqiang still didn't jump, and the third time, Bowen bent his knees slightly, and his heels were raised!

Zhaoqiang has finally been fooled! Jumped up from the ground, only to find out that it was just a hoax!

Bowen quickly pulled back the ball that was about to be shot, and when Zhaoqiang's body fell, he jumped and shot!

"Look, boy, look at how the ball went in!"

Bowen, who was jumping in the air, yelled at Zhaoqiang, who had already fallen and had no time to jump for the second time, "Boy! Keep your eyes open and look good! ”

"Dang!"

Another crisp sound of iron!

"Ahem," Bowen covered his mouth, coughed dryly, and said, "I'll show you the shot you just made again, your shooting level needs to be improved!" ”

……

Four hours passed, the Hornets narrowly defeated the Saramento Kings 102-100, the Hornets' ace Chris Paul broke out in this game, scoring 25 points on 11-of-16 shooting, 5 rebounds and 17 assists and 5 steals, West scored 15 points and 12 rebounds on 6-of-10 shooting, Bai Xiaofei played 39 minutes and 29 seconds, 9-of-14 shooting, 5-of-9 free throws and scored 23 points, 19 rebounds and 7 blocks, completely blowing up the opposite Cousins, The latter had just 10 points and nine rebounds on 4-of-9 shooting, and although Evans scored 36 points from the field, he still couldn't save the team.